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How to use flock in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Flock means a large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals. Example: “People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.”

Examples of flock by meaning

nounA large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or...

  • My parents kept a flock of sheep.2026, Robin Nistock, quotee, “Makers Space”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 12

nounThose served by a particular pastor or shepherd.

  • So they will be one flock with one shepherd.1995, Green Key Books, God's Word to the Nations (John 10:16)

verbTo congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.

  • People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
  • Given the poor state of the line's trains and schedules, it is remarkable that people flock to use or experience it in embarrassingly large numbers.2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 43

nounVery fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for...

  • There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The...

verbTo coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired...

  • the sampling and elution advantages of flocked swabs versus spun swabs

More sentences with flock

  • Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies.From the entry sally
  • Ye mountains, that ye did leep like rams; and ye hills, like lambs of the flock.From the entry leep
  • I saw a Southdown or two among the others in the flock.From the entry Southdown
  • Mismothering may occur among sheep when a lamb has been separated from the flock and returned.From the entry mismothering
  • The flock of birds took to the air.From the entry air
  • There is a flock of geese on the pond.From the entry goose
  • The villagers were worried because the weather had been strange and several monsters had been born among the flocks and people.From the entry monster
  • We keep a flock of layers and flock of broilers.From the entry layer
  • The flutter of the flock buffeted me.From the entry flutter
  • The landless flock to the cities seeking jobs.From the entry landless
  • They sent a lorryload of hoggets to the auction mart, and they will keep the rest for their own flock.From the entry hogget
  • They sent a lorryload of hoggs to the auction mart, and they will keep the rest for their own flock.From the entry hogg
  • The entire flock was standing with upcraned necks, trying to see the vixen.2025, Daniel P. Mannix, The Fox and the Hound. From the entry upcraned
  • As thousands of students flock to darties, parties, and parades this St.2023 March 16, Eli Curwin, “Boston colleges warn students against 'BORGs' as St. Patrick's Day approaches”, in Boston.com, archived from…. From the entry darty
  • Look for this bright Hawaiian honeycreeper among flocks of appapanes in the forest.2023, William W. Dunmire, Birds of the National Parks in Hawaii. From the entry apapane
  • Unite them to Your Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, and number them with Your chosen flock.2019 August 6, Fr. Joseph Irvin, The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Orthodox Service Books - Number 1, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN. From the entry number
  • He was expected to act as the spokesman, defender and protector of his flock.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 310. From the entry ethnarch
  • But the flock love Brenda’s unusual approach to sheephood; will their adoration change the predator’s mind?2019 August 3, Imogen Russell Williams, “Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels”, in Katharine Viner, editor…. From the entry sheephood
  • Among the most common images are stylised vulvas, whole flocks of which appear on some cave walls.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 216. From the entry vulva
  • Celebs flocked to the House of Mouse on ice this weekend!2017 December 17, Meg Swertlow, “Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé and More Stars Step Out with Their Kids for Disney on Ice”, in E! Online…. From the entry on ice
  • These overwhelmingly male gatherings remind me of paparazzi flocks I’ve encountered.2017 September 25, Patrick Barkham, “Twitchers and groppers: when birdwatching turns ugly”, in The Guardian. From the entry gropper
  • Ovenbirds of various species are often members of mixed foraging flocks.2017 March 7, John Kricher, The New Neotropical Companion, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 298. From the entry xenops
  • None of the flocks showed symptoms of an acute or chronic streptococcosis.2015 December 11, “Organic Turkey Flocks: A Reservoir of Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry streptococcosis
  • Schumacher sat surrounded by cast members in a semicircle, like a shepherd and his flock.2015 November 15, Melena Ryzik, “Joel Schumacher, Directing ‘Neighborhood 3,’ Gets an Education”, in New York Times. From the entry postpreview
  • Routine marked out the path of the shepherds and the flock ovinely followed.2015 [1938], “Forty years of evolution theory”, in Joseph Needham, Walter Pagel, editors, Background to Modern Science, reprint edition…. From the entry ovinely
  • Small parties and flocks close to breeding sites commonly give shrill, high-pitched, trilling screams.2009, Mark Brazil, The Birds of East Asia, London: Christopher Helm, page 272. From the entry party
  • A flock of crested pigeons flashed through the timber out in the day.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 223. From the entry crested pigeon
  • Did a Sabine’s flock once colonize the Galápagos and fail to migrate north?2002, John Kricher, “All the Birds Were So Tame”, in Galápagos (Smithsonian Natural History Series), Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian…. From the entry Sabine's
  • But they changed their tune when a Sabine’s gull emerged from a flock of unremarkables.2000, Ann Taylor, “Watching the Watchers”, in Watching Birds: Reflections on the Wing, Camden, Me.: Ragged Mountain Press / McGraw-Hill…. From the entry unremarkable
  • Sighting large flocks, or rafters, of turkeys is common in the area.1997, News & Outdoor Report, page 10. From the entry rafter
  • When the theatres turned out, people flocked back for their Horlickses and cocoas.1990, Barbara Hanrahan, A Chelsea Girl, Ulverscroft Large Print Books, →ISBN. From the entry horlicks
  • I saw where the Pope poped and where the pigeons flocked.1989 September 24, Los Angeles Times, iii. 22/1. From the entry pope
  • Peter's flock needing the protection of the pope as their shepherd.1984, Wm. M. Daly & al., The Republic of St. Peter: The Birth of the Papal State, 680–825, page 190. From the entry Ravennan
  • Like birds of a feather, we were eager to join up with the flock.1978, Paula McDonald, Guilt-free, →OCLC. From the entry little Timmy

Meaning of flock

  1. noun A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals.
  2. noun The group of sheep being watched by one shepherd.
  3. noun A large number of people.

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Questions about flock in a sentence

How do you use flock in a sentence?
Flock is used as a noun and verb. For example: “People flocked to the cinema to see the new film.”
What is a short sentence with flock?
“My parents kept a flock of sheep.”
What does flock mean?
Flock means a large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flock (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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